A Bonsai Shaped Mind & Postures of the Heart.
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A Bonsai Shaped Mind & Postures of the Heart.

Publication details: Petaluma, CA: Mixolydian Editions & Nawakum Press,2024,

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A celebration of bonsai.The first section comprises five short essays by Keane with translations of short poems from Japan's Heian period, followed by a short story covering the five-hundred-year life of a tree and its different owners. A harmonious piece of book-design.

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B/26 LETTERED COPIES (from an edition of 82 copies) signed by both contributors, these deluxe copies with 3 prints of Wagener's engravings in a paper chemise, the book printed on Twinrocker handmade papers of various colours, 10 wood-engravings by Richard Wagener printed on Japanese gampi papers, some against a pale blue or pink ground, further wood-engravings and decorations, in various colours, printed direct, pp. [72], 4to, original deluxe binding of partial suminagashi paper and dark green book cloth backed with tan leather, backstrip with a dot stamped in copper, tan leather kanji label inset to upper board, edges untrimmed, the book and the portfolio of additional engravings laid into a suede-lined green and beige cloth dropback box with tan leather labels, fine

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